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. >> we have the tape and he has extra cheap shots he took at balm we will -- obama we'll explain. and down goes hostess. who is at fault. >> it's the company's way of lying to us. >> that doesn't mean you should strike and put 17,000 or 18,000 others out of work because you are unhappy with the terms. >> we have very unique coverage and tell you what you are not getting about the real story behind that bankruptcy. >> and get a load of this pro-life politician. >> tennessee voters responding to a bombshell revelation about newly reelected representative. >> the doctor who slept with all his patients and pushed for how many abortions. that proy life guy? we'll tell you. and to top it off a ridiculous elbow of the day. fun for everybody. it's go time. note not -- | [music] | we start with serious international stories that also relate to our internal politics. the situation in israel and goesa has gotten very bad indeed. want to show you an abc news clip about all the latest developments [sirens wailing] >> sirens sounded today in tel aviv send ising residents fleeing for cover. an e
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the obama administration want the two parties to sit down and negotiate. they don't want the palestinians going to the united nations vitallion the agreements that we already have, which is going to make people angry on both sides. you're going to have unilateral measures on this side, on that side getting further away from the table. >> david they've been trying to negotiate for decades. what kind of negotiation is it when israel says i don't care, i'm going to continue to built settlements. >> let's look at the record. three years ago, we had a prime minister who made yet another proposal to hamas, which was conveyed by the american administration. it basically said you take back 93 94% of the west bank and gaza the 6%, we will hold and we will in return give you swaps from inside israel for that 6%, we'll do arrangements for jerusalem and so on and so forth. the proposals have been made. the problem is there hasn't been a response. here we are all these years later without negotiations. proposals have been made you before that were fair, adequate, that
the obama administration want the two parties to sit down and negotiate. they don't want the palestinians going to the united nations vitallion the agreements that we already have, which is going to make people angry on both sides. you're going to have unilateral measures on this side, on that side getting further away from the table. >> david they've been trying to negotiate for decades. what kind of negotiation is it when israel says i don't care, i'm going to continue to built...
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as president obama has said, i think president obama reiterate reiterated, elections matter. the president has the right to form a national security cabinet, people surrounding him that he has confidence in given the weighty issues you've outlined in the opening. it's been 20, 25 years since we went through a very difficult process regarding john tower nominated by president bush to be secretary of defense. that poison the political waters for some time. it turned out that president bush got a pretty good secretary of defense in dick cheney. i'm curious and cautious as to whether the republicans really want to go down this road. >> eliot: what the tower did for the defense process. let's switch gears to a couple miles east. to defuse or is it possible to dee fuse what is going on right now between israel and hamas welcome. >> it's very difficult because the landscape, you know, surrounding gaza has been transformed since we went through this kind of spasm in in 2008. and every potential player here is having to recalculate and it's very difficult to control this. the united s
as president obama has said, i think president obama reiterate reiterated, elections matter. the president has the right to form a national security cabinet, people surrounding him that he has confidence in given the weighty issues you've outlined in the opening. it's been 20, 25 years since we went through a very difficult process regarding john tower nominated by president bush to be secretary of defense. that poison the political waters for some time. it turned out that president bush got a...
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president obama has been known for his cool demeanor. do you think we'll see a more forceful president in his second term. >> if that press conference is an indication, apparently so. i wrote a peace about how a lot of african-americans and progresses wanted him to be a little more forceful. and i compared him to arthur ashe, who let his racket speak for him, which is different than the serena williams of the world. and i think we might have seen arthur ashe in the first term, and i think we're getting a little serena williams in this second term and progressives are kind of digging it. [ laughter ] >> jennifer: we love when our president stands up for sure. he wasn't wild, but he was strong. >> he was. but for president obama it did seem a little bit like wow, he is bringing it but for the average person it was sort of like waking up in the morning without your cup of coffee. >> jennifer: exactly. there was a recent "washington post" editorial who said that the president keeps his cool when the right insults him, but he gets really angr
president obama has been known for his cool demeanor. do you think we'll see a more forceful president in his second term. >> if that press conference is an indication, apparently so. i wrote a peace about how a lot of african-americans and progresses wanted him to be a little more forceful. and i compared him to arthur ashe, who let his racket speak for him, which is different than the serena williams of the world. and i think we might have seen arthur ashe in the first term, and i think...
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of course it's related to president obama. >> obama has been a very very good gun seller. he could be the gun seller of the year all over the united states. >> cenk: from dragon arms, he has been selling a lot of guns. i'm not going to disagree with this. [ ♪ music ♪ ] but when joint pain and stiffness from psoriatic arthritis hit even the smallest things became difficult. i finally understood what serious joint pain is like. i talked to my rheumatologist and he prescribed enbrel. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, and stop joint damage. because enbrel, etanercept suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections tuberculosis lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. don't start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu. tell your doctor if you're prone to infections, have cuts or sores have
of course it's related to president obama. >> obama has been a very very good gun seller. he could be the gun seller of the year all over the united states. >> cenk: from dragon arms, he has been selling a lot of guns. i'm not going to disagree with this. [ ♪ music ♪ ] but when joint pain and stiffness from psoriatic arthritis hit even the smallest things became difficult. i finally understood what serious joint pain is like. i talked to my rheumatologist and he prescribed...
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president obama has an advantage. but his vote has to come out. i remember in the kerry campaign in 2004, we had this enormous rally, all of this momentum. it looked like ohio was going to change the outcome of the election. it ended up where bush flipped it on election day. it was shocking. also on election day i remember back to 2000 where the gore campaign wrote off ohio. the election tightened considerably to where they regretted that they didn't play in ohio right up until the end. so ohio can break your heart. it can resurrect your campaign. my advice to president obama is not just keep coming to ohio which is good that he is. i think he's been to ohio already 29 times but also the ground game, get the vote out. that's really going to be the determining factor. >> jennifer: well, for sure. and there's a lot of reports out there that the republican ground game is extremely strong as well. so nobody can take anything for granted. one of the interesting tensions on the republican side is the sort of schism between what mitt romney is selling in
president obama has an advantage. but his vote has to come out. i remember in the kerry campaign in 2004, we had this enormous rally, all of this momentum. it looked like ohio was going to change the outcome of the election. it ended up where bush flipped it on election day. it was shocking. also on election day i remember back to 2000 where the gore campaign wrote off ohio. the election tightened considerably to where they regretted that they didn't play in ohio right up until the end. so ohio...
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obama commented on an issue he doesn't expect congress to take up any time soon. >> obama: i am a firm believer that climate change is real, that it is impacted by human behavior and carbon emissions as a consequence i think we have an obligation to further generations to do something about it. >> eliot: but with jobs and the economy his top priority addressing climate change will just have to wait. joining us now the host of full full court press and author of "toxic talk." thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> eliot: the president extending an olive branch to the republicans on fiscal issues saying let's talk negotiate yet when the issues of benghazi and susan rice came up, a firmer tone don't tread on me nature to his approach to the other party. how did it strike you when you were there. >> well, i would say even on the tax cuts the president did extend the off little brunch but he showed a backbone of steel when he said, look, i'm not no way will i extend the bush tax cut for the very wealthy and no way do i think we can get there by closing loopholes alone maki
obama commented on an issue he doesn't expect congress to take up any time soon. >> obama: i am a firm believer that climate change is real, that it is impacted by human behavior and carbon emissions as a consequence i think we have an obligation to further generations to do something about it. >> eliot: but with jobs and the economy his top priority addressing climate change will just have to wait. joining us now the host of full full court press and author of "toxic...
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he's author of "the obama hate machine." the lies, distortions and personal attacks on the president and who is behind them and he's somebody who follows this stuff night and day in d.c. bill, so glad to have you back inside "the war room." especially on an unbelievable news breaking day like today. >> bill: hey governor, it is great to join you. thank you. >> jennifer: are you surprised by susan rice dropping out? >> bill: you know what? i'm surprised and i'm disappointed. i gotta tell you i think she's a great great american. i know her well. if i had to pick the top three female leaders in this country today, i would say hillary clinton, jennifer granholm and susan rice. [ laughter ] >> jennifer: you are so funny. bill press for -- we'll put you for secretary of labor. why don't we do that. >> bill: all right. hilda sol ease is another one. here's what's sad about this is i think she deserved to be secretary of state. i think she would make a great secretary of state. and i hate to see her drummed out of there by john mcc
he's author of "the obama hate machine." the lies, distortions and personal attacks on the president and who is behind them and he's somebody who follows this stuff night and day in d.c. bill, so glad to have you back inside "the war room." especially on an unbelievable news breaking day like today. >> bill: hey governor, it is great to join you. thank you. >> jennifer: are you surprised by susan rice dropping out? >> bill: you know what? i'm surprised and...
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. >> cenk: which is usually what happens under the obama administration. when we come back, a woman who gets fired for a poll light response to a racist comment about her. oh man it's sick. >> i'm ok with not everybody liking me, that's fine, but a lot of our comments as of late have come across more racist than anything. >> cenk: we'll talk to that reporter live. she's right there. when we come back, we'll talk to her and then awkward questions as well. lots of those in the press these days. >> governor, i feel very uncomfortable asking this question when i'm sitting opposite you but you are a little overweight. >> more than a little. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone is ready with the know-how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ ♪ >> back on the "yo
. >> cenk: which is usually what happens under the obama administration. when we come back, a woman who gets fired for a poll light response to a racist comment about her. oh man it's sick. >> i'm ok with not everybody liking me, that's fine, but a lot of our comments as of late have come across more racist than anything. >> cenk: we'll talk to that reporter live. she's right there. when we come back, we'll talk to her and then awkward questions as well. lots of those in the...
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. >> cenk: which is usually what happens under the obama administration. when we come back, a woman who gets fired for a poll light response to a racist comment about her. oh man it's sick. >> i'm ok with not everybody liking me, that's fine, but a lot of our comments as of late have come across more racist than anything. >> cenk: we'll talk to that reporter live. she's right there. when we come back, we'll talk to her and then awkward questions as well. lots of those in the press these days. >> governor, i feel very uncomfortable asking this question when i'm sitting opposite you nobody knows disasters like comedians. >> new york, the high-tech resilient city. just don't get us wet. what the hell was that? >> that's from my upcoming benefit for victims of hurricane sandy. i booked the strongest, smartest comics i could find. my comedian friends and i will raise money to rebuild homes and lives one laugh at a time. >> awe damn, the lights are out! you know what? i'll watch a little television until they come back on. >> only on current tv. >> back on the "
. >> cenk: which is usually what happens under the obama administration. when we come back, a woman who gets fired for a poll light response to a racist comment about her. oh man it's sick. >> i'm ok with not everybody liking me, that's fine, but a lot of our comments as of late have come across more racist than anything. >> cenk: we'll talk to that reporter live. she's right there. when we come back, we'll talk to her and then awkward questions as well. lots of those in the...
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but i have a solution for president obama this time around. mr. president, turn the tables on him speaker boehner that is. we all recall the trap that the white house fell into last year, letting negotiations over the potential government shutdown be concluded only to be held hostage again when the republicans then refused to raise the debt ceiling without getting additional concessions. it was as congressman welch said it was professional malpractice not to wrap the debt ceiling into the first round of negotiations. so don't do it again. the debt ceiling will necessarily and inevitably be hit and breached early next year. yet when president obama told speaker boehner at their november 16th meeting to raise the ceiling by year's end boehner said there is a price for everything. no, there doesn't have to be. sometimes what is necessary and good policy should just be done. the ceiling will be breached because of the fiscal track we're on and agreeing to the expenditures and revenues that are now in place the debt ceiling will be exceeded because of
but i have a solution for president obama this time around. mr. president, turn the tables on him speaker boehner that is. we all recall the trap that the white house fell into last year, letting negotiations over the potential government shutdown be concluded only to be held hostage again when the republicans then refused to raise the debt ceiling without getting additional concessions. it was as congressman welch said it was professional malpractice not to wrap the debt ceiling into the first...
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the movie is not about obama it's actually about a woman right? a lot of people are confused about it, thinking seal team six and obama and why is the main hero oh woman? >> i was talking to people at the c.i.a. about this. the hero here is a young cary mathson who was one of the driving forces to kept the vigil and hunted bin laden down. i think you're going to have that element to it. plus you have the very dramatic scene at the end where they actually go in to pakistan and get the guy. >> cenk: and actually on nightline last night they talked about how they recreated that compound, too. >> the assault on the compound like the rest of the film is as accurate as possible. using in part, abc news video shot at the actual scene, a full scale version of the compound was built in jordan where they filmed for close to four weeks. >> cenk: all right well, so it's down every detail. are you looking forward to seeing it? >> yes i'm going to do point break, hurt locker and zero dark 30 on december 18. i'll hit the midnight showing on december 19th. >> cen
the movie is not about obama it's actually about a woman right? a lot of people are confused about it, thinking seal team six and obama and why is the main hero oh woman? >> i was talking to people at the c.i.a. about this. the hero here is a young cary mathson who was one of the driving forces to kept the vigil and hunted bin laden down. i think you're going to have that element to it. plus you have the very dramatic scene at the end where they actually go in to pakistan and get the guy....
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we don't know what religion obama is, christian muslim. as you pointed out with your examples, there's no they're there, but they feel they to have fill the hours with something p.m. they've got their christmas ornaments packed away, they have to make good with what they have. >> of course, they can't blame everything on barack obama, so they have to go in another direction when it comes to christmas. >> you know. >> yeah, go ahead. >> i was just going to say there is an interesting debate about the role christmas has in our culture now and the corps rottization of it and the fact that big business that sort of turned it into a consumer extravaganza. on thanksgiving, lots of retail workers were forced to work on a family holiday. there's a logical place you can take this discussion, but fox news can't attack big business. it can't attack corporate culture, so it's got to be somehow democrats are ruining the holiday. >> i was going to say it's sort of war on exploitation that other people should be having against those people. that's not go
we don't know what religion obama is, christian muslim. as you pointed out with your examples, there's no they're there, but they feel they to have fill the hours with something p.m. they've got their christmas ornaments packed away, they have to make good with what they have. >> of course, they can't blame everything on barack obama, so they have to go in another direction when it comes to christmas. >> you know. >> yeah, go ahead. >> i was just going to say there is an...
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. >> well, president obama and secretary clinton both rushed to her defense. >> i couldn't be prouder of the job she has done. >> susan rice has done a great job as our ambassador to the united nations and of course, this decision about my successor is up to the president but i'm very happy he has the opportunity with a second term to make a decision. >> but they're not just going to have to convince props even some democrats were reluctant to overtly support her. jon tester said: >> joe manchin damaged it saying: >> in fact, john kerry's name has come up. susan collins said he would be easily confirmed. senator baroso backed him. even john mccain, leading the charge against rice had high praise for john kerry on fox news yesterday. >> john kerry came within a whisker of being president of the united states. i think that works in his favor but i'd love to hear him make his case, but i don't have anything in his background like this tragedy in again gassy that would make me really want to carefully examine the whole situation. >> of course it doesn't hurt that if kerry took the job it
. >> well, president obama and secretary clinton both rushed to her defense. >> i couldn't be prouder of the job she has done. >> susan rice has done a great job as our ambassador to the united nations and of course, this decision about my successor is up to the president but i'm very happy he has the opportunity with a second term to make a decision. >> but they're not just going to have to convince props even some democrats were reluctant to overtly support her. jon...
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. >> obama: i got one mandate. i got a mandate to help middle class families, and families that are working hard. that's my mandate. >> jennifer: and tax cuts to the rich? >> obama: when it comes to the top 2% what i'm not going to do is extend further a tax cut for folks who don't need it. >> jennifer: susan rice has been under assault as of late. >> obama: when they go after the u.n. ambassador apparently because they think she's an easy target, then they've got a problem with me. >> jennifer: alrighty then. things under control here. we'll just get on back to our regularly scheduled programming. previously on "capitalcapitol affair"." >> obama: general petraeus had an extraordinary career. he serveed this country with distinction in iraq afghanistan, and head of c.i.a. people are innocent until proven guilty. >> jennifer: that's president obama speaking out for the first time about the sex scandal that abruptly ended the career of four-star general petraeus. he has a lot of people who saw him as a golden boy won
. >> obama: i got one mandate. i got a mandate to help middle class families, and families that are working hard. that's my mandate. >> jennifer: and tax cuts to the rich? >> obama: when it comes to the top 2% what i'm not going to do is extend further a tax cut for folks who don't need it. >> jennifer: susan rice has been under assault as of late. >> obama: when they go after the u.n. ambassador apparently because they think she's an easy target, then they've got...
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coming up we have the six best free-outs over obama's election. they're doing everything they can to hang anything on this administration. >> obama: she made the appearance at the request of the white house in which she gave her best understanding of the intelligence that had been provided to her. if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody they should go after me. i'm happy to have that discussion with them. but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador, who had nothing to do with benghazi, and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence she had received, and to besmirch her reputation is outrageous. >> now where in there did he say "pick on" pop those were their words. >> stephanie: exactly. and by the way you know who is back to the administration is paul wolwitz. what everybody has said. there were fast-moving events from the middle east. they said this was the intelligence they had at the time. this is lindsay graham yesterday. >> this is about the role she played about four dead americans when it seems
coming up we have the six best free-outs over obama's election. they're doing everything they can to hang anything on this administration. >> obama: she made the appearance at the request of the white house in which she gave her best understanding of the intelligence that had been provided to her. if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody they should go after me. i'm happy to have that discussion with them. but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador, who...
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barack obama as president. four great pals from the senate foreign relations committee. >> eliot: the senate is taking over the white house. they all want to live there anyway. they're getting in there through their subsidiary positions. incredibly important positions. joe, last word to you. you agree there is no blemish on susan's record here in terms of what happened on those talking points. >> no blemish on susan's record. whether there was funny business with the talking points, we don't know. it is clear there is no benghazi story to continue here. we'll see this thing put to bed. we'll get on with the serious national security business of this country. >> eliot: as well we should. editor at large of the atlantic, steve clemons president of ploughshares fund, joe cirincione. seemingly they're right back where they started. what speaker boehner and president obama need to know about tax rates next on "viewpoint." the chill of peppermint. the rich dark chocolate. york peppermint pattie get the sensation. [ m
barack obama as president. four great pals from the senate foreign relations committee. >> eliot: the senate is taking over the white house. they all want to live there anyway. they're getting in there through their subsidiary positions. incredibly important positions. joe, last word to you. you agree there is no blemish on susan's record here in terms of what happened on those talking points. >> no blemish on susan's record. whether there was funny business with the talking points,...
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yeah, i get a couple things for president obama in boulder. why don't we go back because ronald reagan is everybody's freakin' hero. >> stephanie: i thought you missed that and i caught it. still clinging to my fcc license. >> barely. okay. >> stephanie: don't scare an old woman like that. back with sexy [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> stephanie: hello hour number three. jacki schechner we're having a little girl's night out. i was talking to you yesterday. you were saying i don't leave my house. because -- well, i don't leave my house and i don't like to drive. i found a solution. dog drives man in new zealand. they're training dogs to drive a car. i could get a little chauffeur's cap for max or fred. >> one problem. you don't live in new zealand. >> her dogs are big enough, they probably could drive a car. >> stephanie: they won't drive drunk or text. how bad could it be? >> they might be easily distracted. squirrel! >> stephanie: it's an idea. jacki schechner in the current news center. >> good morning. republican house leaders held a press conference
yeah, i get a couple things for president obama in boulder. why don't we go back because ronald reagan is everybody's freakin' hero. >> stephanie: i thought you missed that and i caught it. still clinging to my fcc license. >> barely. okay. >> stephanie: don't scare an old woman like that. back with sexy [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> stephanie: hello hour number three. jacki schechner we're having a little girl's night out. i was talking to you yesterday. you were saying i don't...
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as you said, they campaigned vigorously against barack obama. so when lloyd blankfein and wall street say cut our taxes will, the president give them the back of the hand or welcome them in? >> i would not underestimate the influence that these guys have in washington. some have been part of obama's inner circle. jeffrey has sat on the head of the jobs council. the ceo of boeing is the chairman of the export council. so they do have a lot of influence. they contribute a lot to political campaigns and they have lobbyists crawling all over washington to speak for them. >> eliot: bill, you've seen it. why do they hold such sway? the scoundrels of the economic cataclysm. why do they still walk back in there and people lay down the red carpet? >> eliot it's money. it is not that much either. if you look at the top -- eight of the top ten supporters of obama in 2008 were wall street firms, this time around, eight of the top ten biggest supporters for romney were wall street firms. it is not that much money. it is like a million and a half bucks coming
as you said, they campaigned vigorously against barack obama. so when lloyd blankfein and wall street say cut our taxes will, the president give them the back of the hand or welcome them in? >> i would not underestimate the influence that these guys have in washington. some have been part of obama's inner circle. jeffrey has sat on the head of the jobs council. the ceo of boeing is the chairman of the export council. so they do have a lot of influence. they contribute a lot to political...
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president obama is on his way to cambodia. his first stop over the weekend was thailand and late last night, president obama became the first bt to ever visit mee you mar. he met with the national league of democracy there along with secretary of state hilary clinton. he spoke with the president and said his trip is not an endorsement of the new government, which is in the middle of a transition to democracy, but he did praise the country for shaking off its military rule and press the government for more reform. obviously we're having a little bit of technical problems, but the president said the steps the president has taken for release of the prisoners and his commitment to work with the u.s. on human rights dialogue will unlease the incredible potential of that beautiful country. this is obama's first trip overseas since his reelection shows he is serious about shifting america's focus leastward. the two are continuing to fire rockets and israel has blamed hamas for does sends of arrests since the violence started. more "b
president obama is on his way to cambodia. his first stop over the weekend was thailand and late last night, president obama became the first bt to ever visit mee you mar. he met with the national league of democracy there along with secretary of state hilary clinton. he spoke with the president and said his trip is not an endorsement of the new government, which is in the middle of a transition to democracy, but he did praise the country for shaking off its military rule and press the...
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people want to secede and they don't want obama. they need to work that out within themselves. >> caller: they've got these signs, i'm so upset. these tables, like john said, obama dressed as hitler, and they have 9/11/2012. i told john i want to go back today and maybe take some pictures. >> stephanie: oh dear. >> caller: but, steph, you know, i saw it. as a nation we have we haven't grown up. >> every state in the nation has a petition to secede. when has this ever happened? well right. >> caller: where were all these people when bush was in office and he said there were weapons of mass destruction and all our men and women over there were killed. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: and nobody did anything. >> stephanie: it really is like a national temper tantrum. these employers they're lashing out at their customers or their employees. >> caller: i'm just so--i'm disappointed stephanie. i'm just so disappointed. >> stephanie: oh, i know honey what can you say? you just hope that time will heal this because it's really incredible. >>
people want to secede and they don't want obama. they need to work that out within themselves. >> caller: they've got these signs, i'm so upset. these tables, like john said, obama dressed as hitler, and they have 9/11/2012. i told john i want to go back today and maybe take some pictures. >> stephanie: oh dear. >> caller: but, steph, you know, i saw it. as a nation we have we haven't grown up. >> every state in the nation has a petition to secede. when has this ever...
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this is not obama's tax increase. this is bush's tax increase going back to the clinton-era rates designed to expire two years ago but of course you know all of this. i want to turn to everybody's favorite topic. something you wrote a terrific piece on that i loved. secretary of state hillary clinton now fox news hosted greta van susteren took issue with her snarky comments about the concussion that forced hillary clinton to not testify today about benghazi. greta wrote... they think it's just a way of avoiding testifying this -- chris christie avoided it with an ice cream headache. how is does the benghazi probe affect secretary clinton's political future or does it now that election day has passed and benefit benghazi is no longer a football? >> i think it doesn't because the sacrificial lamb was obvious on susan rice. for a lot of voters, it has been put to bed. how long are they going to keep beating the drumbeat of making someone pay. someone has. her name is susan rice. she won't be secretary of state. it is lar
this is not obama's tax increase. this is bush's tax increase going back to the clinton-era rates designed to expire two years ago but of course you know all of this. i want to turn to everybody's favorite topic. something you wrote a terrific piece on that i loved. secretary of state hillary clinton now fox news hosted greta van susteren took issue with her snarky comments about the concussion that forced hillary clinton to not testify today about benghazi. greta wrote... they think it's just...
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okay president obama. >> obama: susan rice is extraordinary. i couldn't be prouder of the job that she has done. >> he said that with the cabinet surrounding him. that's who is applauding. >> stephanie: adam schiff called the criticism a transparent attempt to deny obama the potential cabinet choice. i'm going to come looking--oh 1998 so i'm going back? so right, she was assistant secretary of state for african affairs in the clinton administration. collins she had she pressed rice about the security of the embassy of nairobi in 1998. rice told her she was not involved directly involving the request for security. the review board at that time did not find reasonable cause that any u.s. employee was involved with the bombing. >> the chat room is bombing her for everything. susan rice didn't put the candle back. susan rice is luke's father. susan rice's husband always leaves the seat up. susan rice built the iceberg to take down the titanic. >> she built the rice-berg. >> our chat room is funny. >> stephanie: senator bob corker. >> sound byte: we
okay president obama. >> obama: susan rice is extraordinary. i couldn't be prouder of the job that she has done. >> he said that with the cabinet surrounding him. that's who is applauding. >> stephanie: adam schiff called the criticism a transparent attempt to deny obama the potential cabinet choice. i'm going to come looking--oh 1998 so i'm going back? so right, she was assistant secretary of state for african affairs in the clinton administration. collins she had she pressed...
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susan rice will meet with president obama at the white house today. he has already accepted her withdraw for consideration to replace hillary clinton. she is a fighter but not at the cost of what is right with the country. the president praised her strength of character, and called the attacks on her in recent weeks unfair and misleading. the reaction to the withdrawal were short and dismissive. the behavior of certain republican senators was a disgrace on national security issues. i'm not mad at you. i'm just very disappointed. >> we have always heard that from our grade school teachers. >> stephanie: several republican senator went after rice following the attack on the consolelate in benghazi. abc pointing out that rice had been criticized before specifically for her past work during the clinton administration. aledgedly she was a little too sympathetic to the row juan dan president at the time. but there is conflicting reports. >> that's from my upcoming benefit for victims of hurricane sandy. i booked the strongest, smartest comics i could find.
susan rice will meet with president obama at the white house today. he has already accepted her withdraw for consideration to replace hillary clinton. she is a fighter but not at the cost of what is right with the country. the president praised her strength of character, and called the attacks on her in recent weeks unfair and misleading. the reaction to the withdrawal were short and dismissive. the behavior of certain republican senators was a disgrace on national security issues. i'm not mad...
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i think this is amazing. >> stephanie: here is president obama yesterday. >> obama: they keep on fining ways to say no as opposed to finding ways to say yes, and i don't know how much of that just has to do with -- you know it's very hard for them to say yes to me. but you know -- at -- at some point, you know, they have got to take me out of it and think about their voters and think about what is best for the country. >> yep. >> stephanie: boy there is the rub, right? [ laughter ] >> stephanie: go ahead. >> i -- i just think it's shameful. it really is. but they have not reconciled the fact that they lost the election. they had no plan b there. they just assumed that they were going to win, and if you started off a couple of years ago saying your number 1 objective was to make sure he didn't win a second term and you had no thought what was going to come after that we see the disarray that we see now, and unfortunately the american people suffer. >> stephanie: yeah, if you had to guess today, are we going to go over the cliff do you think? >> i have always said up until today that i di
i think this is amazing. >> stephanie: here is president obama yesterday. >> obama: they keep on fining ways to say no as opposed to finding ways to say yes, and i don't know how much of that just has to do with -- you know it's very hard for them to say yes to me. but you know -- at -- at some point, you know, they have got to take me out of it and think about their voters and think about what is best for the country. >> yep. >> stephanie: boy there is the rub, right? [...
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he questioned president obama. whether president obama is american. he has said things that are racist. he suggested president obama is hiding things in his college transcript. he showed insensitivity about hurricane sandy because the only thing he cared about was to say his nbc show would continue. by the way the clothes, they're made in china. >> by the way, quick update. since we talked about this about an hour ago the petition has added over 1,000 signatures. >> yes! go get them! >> keep it going! we're going to get this thing to a million. we're going to get to a million and then the ceo of macy's who everybody has an opportunity to express themselves and no one represents our company. the fact of the matter is mr. macy ceo he does represent you. just like the macy's day parade represents with you those big giant hot air balloons that frighten people. you've got another balloon who frightens people. fire him! get rid of him and by the way we're not just hammering macy's. we're not just saying don't shop at the store. i'm telling everybody to also
he questioned president obama. whether president obama is american. he has said things that are racist. he suggested president obama is hiding things in his college transcript. he showed insensitivity about hurricane sandy because the only thing he cared about was to say his nbc show would continue. by the way the clothes, they're made in china. >> by the way, quick update. since we talked about this about an hour ago the petition has added over 1,000 signatures. >> yes! go get...
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obama, 51%. he beat romney by more than george bush beat john kerry in 2004. >> that's a solid, solid victory. he has a mandate. >> i think he definitely has a mandate. >> do you think he knows it? >> i think he knows he has a mandate. he has a mandate. his 8 pick-ups in the house shows he has a mandate. i think the fact people waited 4 hours in line shows he has a mandate. the fact romney didn't win his home state, bath state or father's state and the paul ryan, and i think the president won states like virginia every battleground. >> florida. >> the president wins that sounds like a mandate. >> eight out of nine, a mandate. he becomes the -- he is now the only president. there are two presidents in history that have won two terms with more than -- with 51% or more of the vote. the only other one was eisenhower beating stevens 52 and 56. i saw that factoid this morning. this was a historic victory for the man that everybody wrote off -- not everybody, but the republicans and a lot of pahvantits
obama, 51%. he beat romney by more than george bush beat john kerry in 2004. >> that's a solid, solid victory. he has a mandate. >> i think he definitely has a mandate. >> do you think he knows it? >> i think he knows he has a mandate. he has a mandate. his 8 pick-ups in the house shows he has a mandate. i think the fact people waited 4 hours in line shows he has a mandate. the fact romney didn't win his home state, bath state or father's state and the paul ryan, and i...
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barack obama does not believe in democracy now? only george bush did. and the fiery remarks of freedom freedom. >> george bush didn't know the difference between sunni and shiite. knew nothing about the country nothing. >> bomb it real good. [ . >> stephanie: i don't miss him. >> grover norquist is the new bad guy. everybody is saying we're going to walk away from grover norquist. all he has done saying, hey, you have enough money on capitol hill. spend what you have, and stop asking us. he has been a watchdog on our money. if you're democrat or republican you should be saluting him to a degree. he warns you in the past people who walk away from their no-new taxes have paid a price. >> he just said hey. >> stephanie: a lot of people who signed that pledge lost. [ ding ding ] >> thanks, grover. >> stephanie: here is the very soothing laura ingram. >> the sky is always falling when president obama wants to cram down legislation or initiatives without real debate, and without true compromise. here's my question for all of these wobbly republicans and democ
barack obama does not believe in democracy now? only george bush did. and the fiery remarks of freedom freedom. >> george bush didn't know the difference between sunni and shiite. knew nothing about the country nothing. >> bomb it real good. [ . >> stephanie: i don't miss him. >> grover norquist is the new bad guy. everybody is saying we're going to walk away from grover norquist. all he has done saying, hey, you have enough money on capitol hill. spend what you have,...
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a pro obama super pac. on the president's recollection website last night. his campaign manager wrote, quote: senior advisor david axle rod defended that decision this morning. >> the bottom line here is that the -- the citizens united decision was a bad decision from our perspective. it did open the flood gates, but now the rules are what the rules are. we have to live in the world as it is. >> last year two super pacs raised a total of $51 million to support the congressional and presidential rates. the gop presidential race brought in $40 million more. and the president's campaign raised nearly $140 million last year. they say the president, vice president, for their wives will at ten these gathering. but finegold is calling the obama's decision a, quote, dumb approach. speaking of dancing with the devil, the race for the gop presidential nomination continued today in colorado and minnesota, and a non-binding primary in missouri. the contest in missouri will still cost taxpayers there an estimated $7 mil
a pro obama super pac. on the president's recollection website last night. his campaign manager wrote, quote: senior advisor david axle rod defended that decision this morning. >> the bottom line here is that the -- the citizens united decision was a bad decision from our perspective. it did open the flood gates, but now the rules are what the rules are. we have to live in the world as it is. >> last year two super pacs raised a total of $51 million to support the congressional and...
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so obama is ahead by two points, colorado and virginia. romney is leading by three points in florida. the president is in ohio today and headed to florida this week. what message does he have to deliver in florida to get voters other than marco rubio. >> it has to be about jobs. the president has stayed roughly 3 to 5 to 7 points ahead even with the latest poll kind of a trend. he has to watch the tlepd going into the real campaign in the fall. i think it's all about jobs. >> do you think the message today attacking mitt romney tax plan which he tries to make a jobs message on outsourcing, is that an effective strategy beyond ohio, beyond the rust belt. >> absolutely. >> i think ultimately what this comes down to is each candidate trying to zooliths the other with owning the economy. obama says you are one of the people who broke the economy and romney says, well, you own it now. voters will have to make up their mind. >> they are looking for where are you going to take us? the republicans have failed to put forth a credible plan of where
so obama is ahead by two points, colorado and virginia. romney is leading by three points in florida. the president is in ohio today and headed to florida this week. what message does he have to deliver in florida to get voters other than marco rubio. >> it has to be about jobs. the president has stayed roughly 3 to 5 to 7 points ahead even with the latest poll kind of a trend. he has to watch the tlepd going into the real campaign in the fall. i think it's all about jobs. >> do you...
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>> obama: they say that life is all about second chances. [ laughter ] >> obama: and this november i could not agree more. [ laughter ] >> obama: so in the spirit of the season, i have one more gift to give, and it goes to a pair of turkeys named cobbler and gobbler. the winners of the white house turkey pardon were chosen through a highly competitive online vote, and once again, nate silver completely nailed it. [ laughter ] >> jennifer: so fitting that on a day where much of our focus has been on forgiveness and pardon that the president got into the act. of course that was over two turkeys camed cobbler and gobbler. every president has taken part in the pardon except for eisenhower and johnson who both ate the birds presented to them. finally tonight we'll give thanks in a different way. let's give thanks to brett ehrlich, and remember that laughter really is the best medicine. ♪ >> hey, friends before you head off to thanksgiving this weekend, and have a nice little dinner with your family, i thought you might want to grab a little cup of coffee warm your hands by the fire and
>> obama: they say that life is all about second chances. [ laughter ] >> obama: and this november i could not agree more. [ laughter ] >> obama: so in the spirit of the season, i have one more gift to give, and it goes to a pair of turkeys named cobbler and gobbler. the winners of the white house turkey pardon were chosen through a highly competitive online vote, and once again, nate silver completely nailed it. [ laughter ] >> jennifer: so fitting that on a day where...
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the obama campaign staff says it will run the account. if anything is signed by joe, himself, it will say so with a dash joe on it. half are about the buffett rule and tax fairness as bill mentioned. the president is going to be talking about that today. it's a focus. campaign all week. join us in chat. current.com/billpress. we will be back. ♪ as i understand it in radio they can't see you, so this is big for me. >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's new morning news block. >>it's completely inappropriate for television. >>sharp tongue, quick wit and about all, politically direct. >>politically direct to me means no bs, the real thing, cutting through the clutter. my show is the most important show in the world. ♪ >> broadcasting across the nation, on your radio and on current t.v., this is the bill press show. ♪ >> it's a full-court press, tuesday, april 10th. welcome, welcome. good to see you today. thank you for joining us. i am bill press. we are coming to you live coast to coast from our little ra
the obama campaign staff says it will run the account. if anything is signed by joe, himself, it will say so with a dash joe on it. half are about the buffett rule and tax fairness as bill mentioned. the president is going to be talking about that today. it's a focus. campaign all week. join us in chat. current.com/billpress. we will be back. ♪ as i understand it in radio they can't see you, so this is big for me. >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's new...
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and led by president obama. you think i would support president obama more knowing he's restarting the ottoman empire. stephen colbert did the best takedown of him ever on this. watch. >> according to -- ottoman empire is making the comeback with the help of barack obama. >> it is i! welcome to obama's ottoman america. >> thank you congressman louie gohmert for warning us against the ottoman menace. >> cenk: that was one of the funniest and smartest segments i'veer seen. so of course, gohmert in the middle of the ring. hey, watch out. here comes colbert! what now louie? what >> on tonight's show, i'll sit down with two political polar also first the outspoken stephen baldwin and the liberal richard belzer, plus carole king. all that and more next on say anything. >> my first guest is an outspoken conservative,
and led by president obama. you think i would support president obama more knowing he's restarting the ottoman empire. stephen colbert did the best takedown of him ever on this. watch. >> according to -- ottoman empire is making the comeback with the help of barack obama. >> it is i! welcome to obama's ottoman america. >> thank you congressman louie gohmert for warning us against the ottoman menace. >> cenk: that was one of the funniest and smartest segments i'veer seen....
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they didn't vote for barack obama. what happened to this whole -- >> stephanie: mitt romney is the gift that keeps on giving. did you see that newt gingrich called his comments nuts. but then he went on to say asian people voted for him more than latinos. they don't want gifts. so you're saying blacks and latinos don't but asians are hard working. they don't want gifts. >> oh, god. >> and election night o'reilly included women. women, blacks, latinos. >> stephanie: the sluts like the free birth control pills. ben stein and greg gutfeld. >> we need the revenue. >> you're communist. >> stephanie: wow. i was going to say -- wow. the republican party hasn't moved too far right. ben stein is a communist. >> he was giving away his own money so obviously he's a communist. >> ben stein and then bill crystal over the weekend saying hey, i don't think the tea party will mind if millionaires pay an extra 1%. why are we leveraging -- >> stephanie: wait a minute. you're a psychic. >> you're previewing what we have coming up. >> ste
they didn't vote for barack obama. what happened to this whole -- >> stephanie: mitt romney is the gift that keeps on giving. did you see that newt gingrich called his comments nuts. but then he went on to say asian people voted for him more than latinos. they don't want gifts. so you're saying blacks and latinos don't but asians are hard working. they don't want gifts. >> oh, god. >> and election night o'reilly included women. women, blacks, latinos. >> stephanie: the...
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soccer moms are voting for obama. economically upscale socially moderate helping move those soccer moms to the obama camp. nascar dads, neither romney nor obama knows how to talk to them. >> romney knows the owners. >> joe biden, the national ambassador of nascar. the third swing group are drivers. what's driving them right now are the people seeing the price at gas stakession and getting worried. when voters get worried the drivers have to deal with it. >> the latino piece is changing in virginia, colorado, nevada those are all states despite the independent movement, those same polls across the board are showing very competitive states which means the electoral mass changes. >> those are people that are energized because they're feeling attacked and their numbers might come out disproportionately. >> let me ask. it seems to me that that is the obama campaigns primary challenge is not so much convincing latino voters and young voters to vote democratic but to vote and turn out in november. >> that's exactly right. no
soccer moms are voting for obama. economically upscale socially moderate helping move those soccer moms to the obama camp. nascar dads, neither romney nor obama knows how to talk to them. >> romney knows the owners. >> joe biden, the national ambassador of nascar. the third swing group are drivers. what's driving them right now are the people seeing the price at gas stakession and getting worried. when voters get worried the drivers have to deal with it. >> the latino piece is...